GIS Jobs in the South East

Geographic Information System (GIS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring GIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GIS over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 336 391
Rank change year-on-year +45 +55 +6
Permanent jobs citing GIS 63 25 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.42% 0.22% 0.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.80% 1.14% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 22 15 57
10th Percentile £33,742 £40,992 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £58,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.41% +22.11% -22.45%
75th Percentile £50,750 £70,000 £60,500
90th Percentile £72,875 £86,500 £73,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,800 £45,351
% change year-on-year +0.45% -1.21% -21.13%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

GIS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,247 2,190 5,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.89% 18.90% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,577 1,555 2,864
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,600 £32,825
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +8.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing GIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for GIS in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GIS in the South East.

Salary trend for GIS in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing GIS in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for GIS in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +46 42 £50,000 -9.17% 1
Berkshire +33 31 £45,000 -18.26%
Hampshire -19 12 £40,000 -52.94% 1
Oxfordshire - 11 £72,500 -
Kent - 8 - -
East Sussex - 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (30.16%) ArcGIS
1 19 (30.16%) GeoServer
2 6 (9.52%) Apache
2 6 (9.52%) nginx
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.59%) InVision
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.59%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 31 (49.21%) Azure
2 28 (44.44%) AWS
3 11 (17.46%) GitHub
4 8 (12.70%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.76%) SaaS
7 2 (3.17%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.17%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.59%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.59%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) Internet
2 1 (1.59%) 5G
2 1 (1.59%) Broadband
2 1 (1.59%) HTTP
2 1 (1.59%) RNC
2 1 (1.59%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (50.79%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (30.16%) QGIS
3 9 (14.29%) Redis
4 3 (4.76%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (4.76%) Power BI
5 2 (3.17%) MySQL
6 1 (1.59%) Spatial Data
6 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) GitLab
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (1.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (15.87%) Public Sector
2 9 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 6 (9.52%) Electronics
3 6 (9.52%) Finance
3 6 (9.52%) Manufacturing
3 6 (9.52%) Marketing
4 3 (4.76%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Local Government
5 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (47.62%) Software Engineer
2 10 (15.87%) Senior
3 9 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
4 8 (12.70%) Network Engineer
5 7 (11.11%) Geospatial Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) Network Technician
7 5 (7.94%) Python Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Developer
8 3 (4.76%) IT Manager
8 3 (4.76%) Python Software Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) Development Officer
9 2 (3.17%) Junior
9 2 (3.17%) Junior Software Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Software Developer
9 2 (3.17%) Support Officer
10 1 (1.59%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 1 (1.59%) GIS Analyst
10 1 (1.59%) GIS Manager
10 1 (1.59%) Senior GIS Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (39.68%) React
2 24 (38.10%) OpenLayers
3 21 (33.33%) Leaflet
4 20 (31.75%) .NET
4 20 (31.75%) .NET Core
4 20 (31.75%) CSS
4 20 (31.75%) PostGIS
5 11 (17.46%) Dask
5 11 (17.46%) Django
5 11 (17.46%) Flask
6 9 (14.29%) Celery
6 9 (14.29%) NumPy
7 6 (9.52%) GeoJSON
7 6 (9.52%) GeoPandas
7 6 (9.52%) LAPP Stack
8 3 (4.76%) HTML
9 2 (3.17%) AngularJS
9 2 (3.17%) Sass
10 1 (1.59%) REST
10 1 (1.59%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) PDA
2 3 (4.76%) FMCG
2 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.76%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.59%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.29%) Linux
2 8 (12.70%) Windows
3 1 (1.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (47.62%) Software Engineering
2 25 (39.68%) DevOps
3 22 (34.92%) Actionable Insight
3 22 (34.92%) Agile
4 19 (30.16%) Web Development
5 12 (19.05%) Computer Science
6 9 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (12.70%) Asset Management
7 8 (12.70%) CI/CD
7 8 (12.70%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 8 (12.70%) Project Delivery
7 8 (12.70%) Project Management
8 7 (11.11%) Validation
9 6 (9.52%) Digital Marketing
9 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.52%) Programme Management
10 5 (7.94%) Critical Thinking
10 5 (7.94%) Mathematics
10 5 (7.94%) Quality Management
11 4 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 33 (52.38%) Python
2 26 (41.27%) JavaScript
3 17 (26.98%) C#
4 3 (4.76%) SQL
5 2 (3.17%) Java
6 1 (1.59%) C++
6 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.59%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.59%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 21 (33.33%) Degree
2 21 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 11 (17.46%) Master's Degree
4 4 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) SLA
2 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 13 (20.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) Terraform
2 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (31.75%) ESRI
2 7 (11.11%) SAP
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.17%) Oracle
5 1 (1.59%) Adobe
5 1 (1.59%) Ericsson
5 1 (1.59%) IFS
5 1 (1.59%) Mapinfo
5 1 (1.59%) Nokia
5 1 (1.59%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.59%) Xamarin